diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
index 43020ee..628bb9c 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ mkDerivation {
 		export PYTHONPATH=/build/lib/python3.11/site-packages
 
 		export DOMAIN=""
+		export EMAIL=""
+		export EMAIL_HOST=""
+		export EMAIL_HOST_USER=""
+		export EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=""
 
 		${python311}/bin/python manage.py compile_themes